2025 Equal Justice Conference

2025 Equal Justice Conference

Lorin Kline

Legal Aid Association of California

Director of Advocacy

Oakland, CA

LAAConline.org

5:00pm PDT

Pre-Conference Registration Lobby Level

7:30am PDT

Pre-Con: Registration Ballroom

12:00pm PDT

Pre-Con: Registration Ballroom

4:00pm PDT

Conference Registration Lobby Level Exhibitor Showcase Lobby Level

7:30am PDT

Conference Registration Lobby Level Breakfast - Coffee sponsored by Everlaw Lobby Level Exhibitor Showcase Lobby Level Lactation Room - Sponsored by Complete Equity Markets, Inc. Union Square 12 Quiet Room - Sponsored by NLADA Mutual Insurance Co., RRG Union Square 11

8:30am PDT

Opening Plenary Ballroom 4-6

10:00am PDT

MIE Roundtable for Legal Services Executive Directors and Managers Golden Gate 6Jacquelynne Bowman • Yvonne Mariajimenez What's the Right Amount of Right to Counsel: The Conversation Continues Union Square 17 & 18Bob Glaves • Samira Nazem • John Pollock

11:30am PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level California Directors Meeting Golden Gate 6

1:15pm PDT

Cy Pres Awards: The Latest News and Tips on an Important Source of Legal Aid Funding Continential 7Bill Boies • Salena Copleland • Bob Glaves Data and Diversion: Lessons Learned from the NCSC Eviction Diversion Initiative Union Square 17 & 18Samantha DiDomenico • Samira Nazem Data is the New Lego: Using Data Analytics to Build Legal Aid Success Continential 3Heidi Behnke • Jessie Campbell • Ashley Oborn • Stacey Zinken • Stacy Zinken Rethinking Board Governance: The Core Responsibilities of a Purpose Driven Board Golden Gate 6Silvia Argueta • Julia Wilson • Monika Varma

2:30pm PDT

Break TBA Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level

2:45pm PDT

Responding to the Evolving Funding Landscape for Legal Aid - Federal Funding Panel Discussion Continential 2Jennifer Bentley, J.D. • Yvonne Marijimenez • Luise Stone • Anne Sweeney Using Data in Advocacy Plaza Room BSteven Fischbach • Farah Majid • Logan Pratico

4:00pm PDT

4:15pm PDT

From Data to Action: Engaging a Broad Array of Stakeholders to Respond Meaningfully to Statewide Civil Legal Needs Assessments Golden Gate 8Hannah Honeycutt • Gretchen Slusser

6:00pm PDT

EJC Reception The Melody

7:30am PDT

Conference Registration Lobby Level Breakfast - Sponsored by Complete Equity Markets, Inc. Lobby Level

8:30am PDT

Amplifying Client Voices: Practical Strategies for Curating and Elevating Client Stories Continential 8Maria Duvuvuei • Kathryn Fanlund • Patrick Maillet

9:45am PDT

10:00am PDT

Civil Hot Topics Golden Gate 8Radhika Singh

11:15am PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level

11:30am PDT

Awards Luncheon Ballroom 4-6

1:00pm PDT

1:15pm PDT

Responding to the Evolving Funding Landscape for Legal Aid - Roundtable Discussion Golden Gate 8Shubi Deoras • Jared Smith • Luise Stone

2:30pm PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level

3:00pm PDT

Educating Legislators About Legal Aid 2.0 Golden Gate 6Carol Bergman • Ashley Campbell • Ron Flagg • Betty Bali Torres • Laura Tuggle Food is Medicine: How Legal Aid Partners with Health Clinics to Improve Food Security Golden Gate 7Alexandra Gay • Christopher Gomez • Lindsay De May • Frank Tamborello Where Are They Supposed to Sleep? Leveraging Critical Public Defender Data in Non-Carceral Homeless Response Continential 9Elizabeth Cadiz • Grant Hartley • Ester Wilch

7:30am PDT

Coffee Service Lobby Level

8:30am PDT

Featured Salon: Current Events in Context: A Constitutional Law Perspective Ballroom 4-6

10:00am PDT

Closing Plenary Brunch: Bridging the Justice Gap: Economic Empowerment and Access to Civil Legal Aid Ballroom 4-6Jocelyn Frye • Annie Lee (EJW Fellow Alum) • Kirsten Anderson